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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 20, 2015, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A4 A 4 WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, MONDAY, JULY 20, 2015 TOP NEWS winnipegfreepress. com WE'RE THERE FOR YOU COMMUNITY PROFILE Event Diamond Sponsors- DMS Industrial ( Murray Adam) left and Cardinal Capital Management ( Jim McInnis) centre with Travis Hamonic, Wish Child Chloe and Sara Orlesky. Tournament Winners Grain Challenge- Tal McGonigal, Steve Gallagher, Neil Haeusler and Bob Valcourt with Travis Hamonic and Event Wish Child Chloe. Lunch Time! Travis Hamonic, Wish Child Chloe and Sara Orlesky Event Sponsor Delta Winnipeg- Helen Halliday, Michele Augert, Bill Voulgaris, Gilles Augert, Travis Hamonic, Stephanie Sabourin and our Wish Child Chloe Wish Child Chloe with Kevin Devereux, Vice- President Canada of North American Van Lines. Moksha Yoga leading some group stretching to burn off lunch and limber the group up. Grabbing some Tim Horton's to start the day. Presenting Sponsors- Curtis Calen, Larry Calen, Rob Grohn, Bob Matthes, Sara Orlesky, Trevor Kraynyk, Rob Van Lieshout, Travis Hamonic, Wish Child Chloe, Darryl Rooney and Kevin Devereux. Derksen Plumbing & Heating- Debbie Smith, Murray Adam, Lori Anderson and Melissa Fredericks with Travis Hamonic and Event Wish Child Chloe Event Sponsor Progressive Waste Solutions- Dan Szun, Aaron Shibou, Patrick Rinn and Will Krywonizka with Travis Hamonic and Event Wish Child Chloe. 5th Annual Tee- Off ' Fore' a Wish Golf Tournament The 5th Annual Golf Tournament held on June 25th at Breezy Bend Country Club was the most successful tournament in the Foundation's history with a sellout at 152 golfers. This year marked the highest number of tournament sponsors ever and resulted in a record $ 100,000 raised for the Children's Wish Foundation of Canada ( Manitoba and Nunavut Chapter). Returning as the event ambassador was Travis Hamonic from the New York Islanders and Sara Orlesky from TSN who served as the event emcee for the second year in a row. Rounding out the special guests was the event Wish Child, 11- year- old Chloe who was diagnosed with Biliary Atresia when she was only a few weeks old. After two liver transplants Chloe has not had any prolonged visits to the hospital but will be on immunosuppressants for the rest of her life to keep her body from rejecting the new liver. During the dinner portion of the event, Chloe spoke to guests about her illness and what having her wish granted by Children's Wish meant to her and her family. This past March, Chloe and her family took a trip to Disney World. As Chloe told the guests, " My experience with the Children's Wish Foundation has been something I will never forget," she eloquently highlighted the importance of the event and the significance of the sponsors and golfers contributions. It was a wonderful day with sunny skies, themed holes, contests and giveaways. The live auction during dinner featured a trip for two to the home opener of the New York Islanders in Brooklyn and a trip for two to Pebble Beach. Thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors, prize donors, golfers and volunteers for making the event such a huge success! Presenting Sponsor - Alero Worldwide & North American Van Lines Diamond Sponsors - Cardinal Capital Management & DMS Industrial Contractors Platinum Sponsor - Winnipeg Free Press Golf Cart Sponsor - Edison Properties Gold Sponsors - Acklands- Grainger, Energy 106, Ideal Mortgage Solutions, Investors Group and MacDon Industries Lunch Sponsors - FWS Group & TPG Pritchard Metalfab Wishmaker Star Sponsors - CN Rail, Delta Winnipeg, Enns Brothers, Kawaii Crepe, Living Real Estate, Legacy Bowes Group & Golftec, Marrbeck Construction and Progressive Waste Solutions Join us at Breezy Bend Country Club for our 6th Annual Tournament next year on Thursday, June 23, 2016 www. teeoff4awish. ca Terms: Cash, Visa, MasterCard or Debit Paid in Full Same Day of Sale. " Subject to Additions & Deletions" Subject to Sheriff's Approval Everything Sold As Is, Where Is with no warranties implied or expressed KAYE'S AUCTIONS ( 204) 668- 0183 ( Wpg.) www. kayesauctions. com SHERIFF AUCTION SALE at 491 Madison St. Tuesday, July 21st at 6: 30 PM ( Viewing at 2: 00 PM Same Day of Sale Only) Having received instructions from the OFFICE OFTHE SHERIFF , we will sell the following: Millermatic 210 wire welder* King Industrial 12" x 36" metal lathe ( damaged)* Mars MSG Series electronic floor scale* Domino A300 printer* King drill press* Versa 60 DAE cutting system* King metal cutting bandsaw* Stanley tool box w/ tools* Makita cut- off saw* Mars table top electronic scale* King 4" X6" disc belt sander* hot air pistol grip plastic welder* 2- Impulse sealers w/ cutters* Power Fist ram set* four claw independent chuck* Superior Dual tank air compressor* welding cart with cutting torch* Ridgid shop vac* Brookfield Visco meter* King 8" bench grinder* 2- 2- door metal cabinets* stock ladder* assort. 2- wheelers* Ridgid cutters* homemade barrel mixer* 4- sections of pallet racking* barrels of cleaners & others* 3- barrel stands* assort. tools consisting of: air nailer, sawzall, saws, assort. air tools, sockets, wrenches, etc.* NEW INVENTORY 2- pallets of new Pro Tough tool boxes* pallet of new Stack On tool boxes* 2- pallets of new utility knives* 20- boxes of 1/ 4 " air angle die grinders* case of medium duty spray guns* 2- 1/ 4 gallons paint tank sprayers* 3- pallets of cardboard boxes* box of 5" Random orbit sanders* 5- cases of Soldering Irons* pallet jack* OFFICE Xerox Workcentre 6605* Xerox Phaser 6250* 2- HP computers w/ screens* Acer Aspire Easy Store* 2- Pro- Source legal size file cabinets* Sharp t. v. w/ Antek computer* U- shaped office desk w/ hutch* assort. office chairs* plus other misc. items too numerous to mention. A LTHOUGH it has been said that everyone loves a circus, it seems nobody loves a circus more than Winnipeg city council. For most of the last month, Winnipeggers have been treated to a series of emotional outbursts, hyperbolic allegations and melodramatic performance art courtesy of Transcona Coun. Russ Wyatt, council's own ringmaster of mayhem. Unhappy council would not waive its rules to debate a glut of amendments to a new 20- year, $ 334- million active transportation cycling and pedestrian strategy - some of which would have essentially gutted the plan - Wyatt stormed out of last week's council meeting and began taping copies of his amendments to the door of Mayor Brian Bowman's office. He scrawled the words " Democracy Denied" on each sheet. Wyatt got a lot of attention for this stunt, but did he make his point? To be honest, it was hard to figure out exactly what Wyatt and four other councillors who joined him in a bid to derail the cycling and pedestrian strategy wanted to accomplish. The five - Wyatt, Jeff Browaty ( North Kildonan), Ross Eadie ( Mynarski), Jason Schreyer ( Elmwood- East Kildonan) and Shawn Dobson ( St. Charles) - obviously didn't like the specifics of the strategy, or the cost. But beyond that, it was hard to find a unified message. That could be because each of the five councillors appeared to be pursuing different agendas. There were some broad concerns, but when it came right down to it, each had a series of ward- specific bones to pick. Wyatt was the most opposed to any significant money being spent on cycling and pedestrian paths. Wyatt is, in this regard, a true municipal traditionalist, preferring roads to dedicated bike lanes or pedestrian pathways. Unfortunately, Wyatt's campaign against the plan was, as is his style, pretty confused. For example, Wyatt appeared before a city committee in May to argue dedicated bicycle lanes were bad for downtown businesses. He made this argument despite the fact Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, a lobby group representing downtown businesses, had already spoken in favour of the plan. Wyatt continues to tell anyone who will listen he actually supports dedicated active transportation, but his actions betray that notion. Wyatt tried to grind council to a halt with a glut of amendments - a pretty clear bid to derail the entire strategy. One of Wyatt's amendments would have cut the funding for the strategy by more than half. But what of the other councillors? When it was clear council would not entertain the amendments, the united front evaporated. Wyatt was not present for the vote, and Schreyer did not oppose. Browaty, Eadie and Dobson voted against the plan. Browaty said in an email he never actually opposed active transportation. Instead, Browaty said, he only wanted some changes to the specific paths in his ward, not to kill the strategy. Browaty's broader concern was efforts through the spring and early summer to get these changes approved were ignored by councillors aggressively sponsoring the bike and pedestrian strategy. " I believe it's fair to say we were all angry at the lack of input and consideration we were being given on the plan and that led to Coun. Wyatt adding some severe additional amendments including arbitrary dollar and percentage cuts to ( active transportation) overall," Browaty wrote. " I preferred getting additional input and revisions to the plan from all councillors." After all the bluster, the anger and a colourful act of protest by Wyatt that would have made Martin Luther proud, active transportation survived. Unfortunately, the scars from this debate run deep. Following Wyatt's stunt, Bowman went on the attack. " These types of antics, they're at worst bullying tactics and at best they're unbecoming of an elected member of Winnipeg city council that is here to represent the citizens," Bowman said. The mistake the mayor made here is not to think the worst of Wyatt, it was to say it out loud. The mayor in particular must always focus on the longterm welfare of council whenever he tussles with a councillor, something Bowman failed to do in this instance. Bowman needs to mend some fences and build some bridges with dissident councillors - some of whom have threatened to work actively against anything the mayor tries to get through council. The seeds of dysfunction have been sown throughout this debate, and the mayor needs to ensure it doesn't grow into greater dysfunction. When he was elected, Bowman promised a new era of open, functional government. However, the reality is that a functional local government is founded on the relationships the mayor has with councillors. Bowman, once again, is demonstrating he has not been a quick study of the internal politics of city hall. Some councillors, such as Wyatt, may be impossible to reason with; Wyatt is a political force unto his own on council, and typically expects to get his way, one way or the other. Other councillors, however, are not as inflexible. They want to be part of what's going on. They want to win some of their fights, not all of them. They want a relationship with the mayor. An effective mayor can build support for an important initiative such as active transportation with a minimal amount of antics. Having five members of council using ward allowances to purchase radio ads disparaging a major city initiative is, even if they fail, a black mark on the mayor's political resum�. We are fast approaching the mayor's first- year anniversary. That's more than enough time to learn the vagaries of internal city hall politics. All Winnipeggers will appreciate seeing Bowman begin his second year in office with a commitment to managing council politics to maximize co- operation, and minimize the melodramatic abuse of office supplies. dan. lett@ freepress. mb. ca Seeds of city dysfunction are sown Mayor needs to ensure they don't grow further DAN LETT KRISTIN ANNABLE / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS FILES Coun. Russ Wyatt tapes his proposed amendments to the pedestrian and cycling strategy on Mayor Brian Bowman's city hall door last week. A_ 04_ Jul- 20- 15_ FP_ 01. indd A4 7/ 19/ 15 8: 36: 58 PM ;